Re: [Networker] Linux Tape Drive Re-Ordering Issue
2010-11-09 12:30:23
> Davis, Raymond P
>
> You nailed it Frank.
>
> I have a meeting tomorrow with my Networker DSE and will show him this
> email. My Linux guy also says this is coming from Networker as it is not
> handling bad drives very well when it puts them in service mode.
>
>
> Raymond Davis
>
> Behalf Of Francis Swasey
>
> Hi Jee,
>
> Sadly, it has everything to do with NetWorker these days. Starting with
> 7.5 NetWorker now records the serial numbers from the drives in the
> jukebox and if it finds a mismatch (as it will after you physically
> replace a drive that has worn out), it refuses to use that drive.
>
> You have to perform a scan for new devices from the NMC on the system
> that sees the robotics of the jukebox and then wait about 5 minutes for
> NetWorker to figure out that the serial number of the drive has changed.
Is this a Linux-only bug? I've replaced two drives since we upgraded from
7.2 to 7.5.1 and haven't encountered this, but it's been on Solaris 9 /
SPARC.
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